917 Active Hate Groups In The U.S.: The Charlottesville Hatred is Nationwide

The Southern Poverty Law Center says there are currently 917 active hate groups scattered throughout the U.S.

Charlottesville, VA is where the hatred exploded over the weekend, but it is certainly not the only place where it could or will happen, especially considering the white supremacists largely believe President Trump supports their cause.

The SPLC provided this handy map showing the location of U.S. hate groups by the main type of hatred they promote:

SPLC found that the number of hate groups (defined as people harboring “beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics”) had been declining since 2011 but spiked around the time Trump announced he was running for president, reported HuffPost.

″[President Donald] Trump’s run for office electrified the radical right, which saw in him a champion of the idea that America is fundamentally a white man’s country,” the report stated.

SPLC reported 1,094 “bias incidents” swept the country in the 34 days following Election Day in 2016.